Registering a Domain Name - Introduction
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Domain name (or a website name) is the unique name for a website.
The first step in creating a website is to register your domain name. It's very easy to do, as long as you know how to do it. The detailed steps of the domain name registration will be explained on the next pages.
First of all you must ask yourself a very important question: What is the goal of your website?
If you are creating a personal website, like private photo album, the website name itself is less important and you can buy .name or .info extension (top-level domain).
If you want your website to be searchable in search engines (like Google, Yahoo! and etc.), it's recommended that there will be a topic related keyword in the domain name and .com or .net top-level domain.
Tips to Choosing a Domain Name
- Make it memorable
- Make it easy to say
- Make it easy to spell
- Make it as short as possible
- Use hyphens if your name is more than 3 words long
- Make it pronounceable
- Possible prefixes and suffixes to add when your name is not available:
- My
- I
- The
- Our
- Your
- Easy
- Free
- Best
- Top
- E
- Guide
- Vision
- Today
- Site
- Web
- Portal
View a top-level domain list here.
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